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why does firefox freezes till the pages (tab) fully load?

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whenever i open link in new window, the Firefox freezes until the new page is fully loaded

whenever i '''open link in new window''', the Firefox freezes until the new page is fully loaded

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Opening and loading a new page will have an effect on firefox, some pages especially if not cached, or with a lot of media heavy content will be more problematic than others.

If you think Firefox is taking too long have a look at: Firefox uses too much memory or CPU resources - How to fix